This is covers land administration and
reform in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is highly relevant to all
developing countries around the world. It provides simple
practical steps to turn the hugely controversial subject of
"land grabs" into a development opportunity by
improving land governance to reduce the risks of
dispossessing poor landholders while ensuring mutually
beneficial investors' deals. This book shows how Sub

Las ciudades son verdaderos motores de crecimiento e innovación, generan empleo y atraen inversiones y gente. Sin embargo, esa promesa viene acompañada de diversos desafíos, entre ellos el de cómo dotar de servicios, empleo y techo a poblaciones cada vez más numerosas. Las profundas diferencias en las condiciones de vivienda que se registran entre las familias adineradas y las de menores recursos nos recuerdan constantemente las dificultades que entraña esta tarea y las brechas socioeconómicas que persisten en América Latina y el Caribe.

Vietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines reforms related to four main themes. The first relates to the needed reform for agriculture land use to create opportunity to enhance effectiveness of land use as well as to secure farmers' rights in land use. Prolonging the duration of agricultural land tenure would give land users greater incentives to invest and care for the land.

Portugués Uma das questões mais sensíveis   justa distribuição dos encargos e benefícios decorrentes do plano urbanístico está diretamente relacionada   decisiva participação do Estado na formação do valor solo urbano, destacando-se os investimentos públicos em infraestruturas e equipamentos, além da regulação das possibilidades de aproveitamento urbanístico dos imóveis.

Over the coming decades, land policy and
administration, for urban as well as rural areas, will be
critical for Ethiopia's development. The vast majority
of people making up the Federal Democratic Republic of
Ethiopia's (FDRE) predominantly agricultural economy
live in rural areas. Finally, land policies and
administration can contribute significantly to the
objectives of promoting gender equality and protecting

In early 2008 the government of Tanzania through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development –MLHHSD, initiated a project to develop a new city at Kigamboni area in Temeke district of Dar es Salaam region. The reasons behind the decision were many but the most important factor was that the move would provide solutions to mitigate the urbanization problems of Dar es Salaam and its environs.

INDICADORES GLOBALES DE VIVIENDA - BOLIVIA (documento excel) Ma. Eugenia Torrico Gandarillas Cochabamba Bolivia, 2012

INDICADORES GLOBALES DE VIVIENDA - Bolivia (texto excel) Habitat para la Humanidad Bolivia Ma. Eugenia Torrico Gandarillas Cochabamba Bolivia, 2012

INDICADORES GLOBALES DE VIVIENDA - Bolivia Habitat para la Humanidad Bolivia Ma. Eugenia Torrico Gandarillas Cochabamba Bolivia, 2012

In recent years, prices of agricultural land have increased quickly, actually doubling and tripling in many parts of the world. This land value reassessment has been prompted by rising crop prices and perceived land scarcity. But even as the value of land rises, land degradation continues and investments to prevent it are lagging. Awareness of environmental risks has moved to the forefront of global consciousness during the past 25 years.

This publication is the product of a multi-year cluster analytical and advisory work on social and land conflict management of the World Bank office in Hanoi, which aimed to assist Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to improve the land acquisition and conversion process to achieve more sustainable development during the current rapid urbanization and industrialization process.